[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 168 (Tuesday, November 10, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1321-D1322]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
HOMELESS VETERANS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Housing, Transportation and Community Development concluded a hearing 
to examine ending veterans' homelessness, after receiving testimony 
from Mercedes Marquez, Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development for Community Planning and Development; Peter H. Dougherty, 
Director, Homeless Veterans Programs, Office of Public and 
Intergovernmental Affairs, Department of Veterans Affairs; Steven R. 
Berg, National Alliance to End Homelessness, Melanie Lilliston, 
National Coalition for Homeless Veterans, and William Wise, all of 
Washington, D.C.; Jack Fanous, G.I. Go Fund, Newark, New Jersey; and 
Lila M. Guy, Twin Oaks, Pennsylvania.
PROPOSALS FOR LONG-TERM FISCAL STABILITY
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
bipartisan process proposals for long-term fiscal stability, after 
receiving testimony from Senators Feinstein, Lieberman, Bayh, and 
Voinovich; Representatives Cooper and Wolf; William A. Galston, 
Brookings Institution, and Maya MacGuineas, Committee for a Responsible 
Federal Budget, both of Washington, D.C.; Douglas Holtz-

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Eakin, DHE Consulting LLC, Ontario, Canada; and David Walker, Peter G. 
Peterson Foundation, New York, New York.
CLIMATE CHANGE LEGISLATION
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine climate 
change legislation, focusing on considerations for future jobs, after 
receiving testimony from Abraham Breehey, International Brotherhood of 
Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers, 
Fairfax, Virginia; Carol L. Berrigan, Nuclear Energy Institute, Kenneth 
P. Green, American Enterprise Institute, and Margo Thorning, American 
Council for Capital Formation, all of Washington, D.C.; and Van Ton-
Quinlivan, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, San Francisco, California.
FOREIGN RELATIONS TREATIES
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine Protocol Amending the Convention between the Government of the 
United States of America and the Government of the French Republic for 
the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion 
with Respect to Taxes on Income and Capital, signed at Paris on August 
21, 1994, as Amended by the Protocol signed on December 8, 2004, signed 
January 13, 2009, at Paris, together with a related Memorandum of 
Understanding, signed January 13, 2009 (Treaty Doc. 111-04), Protocol 
Amending the Convention between the United States of America and New 
Zealand for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of 
Fiscal Evasion With Respect to Taxes on Income, signed on December 1, 
2008, at Washington (Treaty Doc. 111-03), Convention Between the 
Government of the United States of America and the Government of Malta 
for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal 
Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income, signed on August 8, 2008, at 
Valletta (Treaty Doc. 111-01), Treaty between the Government of the 
United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Rwanda 
Concerning the Encouragement and Reciprocal Protection of Investment, 
signed at Kigali on February 19, 2008 (Treaty Doc. 110-23), and 
International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and 
Agriculture, adopted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the 
United Nations on November 3, 2001, and signed by the United States on 
November 1, 2002 (the ``Treaty'') (Treaty Doc. 110-19), after receiving 
testimony from Kerri-Ann Jones, Assistant Secretary for Oceans and 
International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, and Wesley S. 
Scholz, Director, Office of Investment Affairs, both of the Department 
of State; Manal Corwin, International Tax Counsel, Department of the 
Treasury; and Thomas A. Barthold, Chief of Staff, Joint Committee on 
Taxation.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Erroll G. Southers, 
of California, to be Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security, and 
Daniel I. Gordon, of the District of Columbia, to be Administrator for 
Federal Procurement Policy, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
H1N1 AND PAID SICK DAYS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on 
Children and Families concluded a hearing to examine H1N1 and paid sick 
days, after receiving testimony from Representative DeLauro; Seth 
Harris, Deputy Secretary of Labor; Rear Admiral Anne Schuchat, 
Assistant Surgeon General, Director, National Center for Immunization 
and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 
Department of Health and Human Services; Debra L. Ness, National 
Partnership for Women and Families, and Scott Gottlieb, American 
Enterprise Institute, both of Washington, D.C.; Elissa O'Brien, Wingate 
Healthcare, Needham, Massachusetts, on behalf of the Society for Human 
Resource Management; and Desiree Rosado, Groton, Connecticut.
INNOCENCE PROTECTION ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
strengthening our criminal justice system, focusing on extending the 
Innocence Protection Act, after receiving testimony from Patricia R. 
Lykos, District Attorney of Harris County, Houston, Texas; Andre de 
Gruy, Mississippi Office of Capital Defense Counsel, Jackson; Keith A. 
Findley, University of Wisconsin Law School, Madison, on behalf of The 
Innocence Network; and Barry D. Matson, Alabama District Attorneys 
Association, and the Alabama Computer Forensic Laboratories, 
Montgomery.